Basic Legal Writing for Paralegals

Give your paralegal students a legal writing text that is designed with their specific needs in mind. BASIC LEGAL WRITING FOR PARALEGALS, Second Edition, is concise, accessible, current, and focused exclusively on legal writing.The authors concentrate on the material paralegal students must master:the entire legal writing process, guiding students through each stage from prewriting strategies to revising, covering the IRAC method, legal memoranda, letters, and moreprecise focus on essentials ' basics of the legal system, overview of style and grammar, case briefing, legal memoranda, persuasive writing, including complaints and answers, the specialized documents paralegals often draft (witness statements, file summaries, deposition summaries, and deposition abstracts), and lettersclear and engaging examples throughout the text help students understand how to apply conceptshelpful pedagogy, including chapter overviews, chapter summaries, key terms, and exercisesThoroughly revised for its Second Edition, the text offers thoughtful new material:a simpler example of a slip-and-fall case in the legal memorandum chapter, which now offers both a basic and a more advanced examplecomplete sample memoranda included in an appendixrewritten case briefing chapter now provides clearer examples based on real casese-mail correspondence added to the chapter on Letter Writingpractice tips, Net Notes, and Ethics Alerts appear throughout the bookmore exercises, particularly on grammar and citationcitation appendix now includes ALWD as well as the Bluebookredesigned text increases accessibilitySamborn, Hope Viner is the author of 'Basic Legal Writing for Paralegals', published 2007 under ISBN 9780735540743 and ISBN 0735540748.